Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] set against " in BNC.

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1 The TGAT Report ( DES 1987 ) on testing within the National Curriculum has suggested that parents be helped by having schools ' published test results set against the socio-economic circumstances of the pupils .
2 A single regional band could not be applied to Yorkshire , with council tax prices set against a regional band for , say , London and the south-east .
3 The next section traces the traditional arguments for and against health care markets to set against the peculiar hybrid that was introduced into the NHS .
4 The old I twelve which you have proposed altering and this is for Professor Lock 's benefit , actually had specific er floor-space figures set against York , Scarborough and Harrogate did it not ?
5 The 've now launched a new range using almond oil , and the brochure uses pretty pictures of Californian almond farms set against descriptions of crude oil production and refineries .
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